Pilot-Major John Blackthorne / Anjin-san
Richard Chamberlain
Lord Toranaga
Toshirô Mifune
Lady Toda Buntaro - Mariko
Yoko Shimada
Lord Yabu
Frankie Sakai
Vasco Rodrigues
John Rhys-Davies
Father Dell'Aqua
Alan Badel
Father Alvito
Damien Thomas
Friar Domingo
Michael Hordern
Captain Ferriera
Vladek Sheybal
Omi
Yuki Megoro
Omi
Yûki Meguro
Nobo Kaneko
Lord Ishido
Lord Buntarō
Hideo Takamatsu
Johann Vinck
George Innes
Ishido
Nobuo Kaneko
Fujiko
Hiromi Senno
Father Sebastio
Leon Lissek
Brother Michael
Masumi Okada
Urano
Takeshi Ohbayashi
Pieterzoon
Edward Peel
Narrator
Orson Welles
Maetsukker
Eric Richard
Urano
Takeshi Ôbayashi
Galley Captain
Hiroshi Hasegawa
Steve Ubels
Stewart MacKenzie
Old Gardener
Akira Sera
Ginsel
John J. Carney
Lady Ochiba
Atsuko Sano
Ian Jentle
Kiri
Miiko Taka
Spillbergen
Neil McCarthy
Specz
William Morgan Sheppard
Mika Kitagawa
Muraji
Seiji Miyaguchi
Hiromatsu
Tôru Abe
Naga
Shin Takuma
Zataki
Yōsuke Natsuki
Hyoei Enoki
Rako
Ai Matsubara
Midori Takei
Yumiko Mirishita
Narrator
Anne Bancroft
Rin'ichi Yamamoto
Yuko Kada
Yoshie Kitsuda
Masashi Ebara
Setsuko Sekine
Stephen K. Hayes